Innovation

We engender a collaborative, interdisciplinary research environment with the unique potential to make a significant impact on complex local and global challenges.

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New & Notable

Pitching in to Create a New Kind of Safe Mask

Tufts engineering student and medical school alum were part of a bicoastal effort to repurpose snorkeling diving masks for emergency and OR docs

China

Using Advances in Digital Pathology to Transform Teaching and Research

Cummings School faculty and students are taking advantage of new technology for remote learning and more
Bringing Virtual Study Abroad to Students

Faculty create international partnerships to bring global experiences into their virtual classrooms

Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Lebanon, Russia, Syria
In 2020, All Hands Were on Board at Tufts Responding to the Pandemic

As COVID-19 changed the world, the university pivoted quickly to keep students learning and everyone safe
The Year in Photos at Tufts 2020

Staff photographer documents the transformation caused by the pandemic at the university’s campuses

Events

Jan 26
Study Abroad: Engineering Panel
Feb 1
Info Session #1 - Tufts $100k New Ventures Competition

Spotlights

Kaplan Lab

Focuses on biopolymer engineering to understand structure-function relationships, with emphasis on studies related to self-assembly, biomaterials engineering, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Collaborative Learning and Innovation Complex (CLIC)

Helps meet the need for updated classrooms, large meeting rooms, teaching labs, research labs, and office space, and includes a café and informal learning spaces.
USAID One Health Workforce Emerging Pandemic Threats 2 Program

An international partnership of universities focused on strengthening global workforce development against emerging pandemic threats.
M.S. in Innovation Management

An intensive, one-year professional master’s program that prepares you with important business and leadership skills to hit the ground running earlier in your career.
Civic Seed

An innovative, multiplayer game developed at Tisch College to prepare students for work in the community.
Science and Engineering Complex (SEC)

Currently under construction, the new complex will be an integrated teaching and research center on the Medford/Somerville campus featuring state-of-the-art laboratories for undergraduate and graduate students.